Improvement in hand-trucks



UNITED STATES PATENT OEEIOE.

THOMAS E. KIEE, OE EAIEBUEY, ILLINOIS.

IMPROVEMENT IN HAND-TRUCKS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 116,325, dated June 27, 1871.

To all 'whom t may concern:

Beit known that I, THOMAS F. KIEF, of Fairbury, county of Livingston, State of Illinois, have invented a new and useful Improvementin Trucks for handling boXes, barrels, bales, te.

My invention consists of frame-work, axle, and,

. cla1np-hooks, so arranged as to grasp, hold, and, r with the aid of wheels, to easily move boxes, barrels, bales, Ste. A

Figure .1 is a side view. Fig. 2 are Sectional views.

The framework, Fig. l, consists of lever A, Side pieces B B, cross-bar C with spring F, and foot G, as shown in the drawing. The axle E,

Fig. 2, to which the Vframe-work is bolted, is bent i and curved to forni a concave lip for the reception of barrels, with corrugated ends forholding the lower part of articles to be moved. The adthe corrugated part of the axle prevents the same from sliding.

l claim as my invention- The combination of frame-work, axle E, and adjustable clamp-hooks D K, for the purpose Set forth and described.

THOMAS F. KIFF.

Witnesses ALEX. HARRISON, T. D. GEORGE.

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